Removing Old Tiles From Plasterboard Walls

The first tile is generally much harder than the rest.

Removing old tiles from plasterboard walls.

Usual methods using a hammer and bolster chisel leaves holes in the wall as do most other ways. The wall the house has been given a first coat of plaster and a second coat of plaster. Cut away the grout surrounding the tile or tiles that you want to remove. And then the tile was put on top of that.

All the the tiles have been removed by bolster chisel and as you will all know the bare plasterboard is now a mess and i need it to be clean before i can start putting the new tiles up. Take your time to tap out the first one then attack the exposed. Work slowly and at about a 45 degree. Once that is done it might be a good idea to seal the plaster board with pva.

Then i used the mallet to tap hit the scraper and this i found would ease the tile off the wall. I hope you will follow me through the proc. Hope that makes sense. Chisel off the mortar as you did the tiles unless there is a layer of metal lath under the mortar.

I have started by removing the tiles from the walls but the plasterboard is now a mess with patches lumps of tile adhesive still stuck to it. Although not all tiles come off too easily. Take a wet sponge and lightly pat the old base plaster in the hole to get it slightly damp just before you re ready to apply the structolite. And then the tile was put on that and i don t want to do something to damage it.

So in this video i will show you the part 1 where i removed the bathroom tiles. Have an assistant wearing leather gloves catch the tiles as they come away before they fall. Taking ceramic tiles off walls is not an easy job. How to remove bathroom tile without damaging the plaster walls step 1.

If the tiles break instead of coming away try an air chisel instead. You will damage the plasterboard a bit but once you re done removing the tiles just use some filler plaster to fill the holes chips. Our shower room needs revamping. Mud bed removal chip through the mortar with the chisel and hammer or sledgehammer in a small area breaking up the material to view the.

Pack in the new plaster being sure to keep the new plaster 1 8 inch lower than the existing white lime plaster finish you exposed once you removed the old glue.